Listings

Interpreting pressure sore data

Jane Bridel

Measuring pressure sore incidence: a study

Madeleine St Clair, Susan Cooper, Krzysztof Gebhardt

Exciting opportunity for research funding

Krzys Gebhardt

Listen and learn

Roger Cowell

Sweet dream?

Carrie Howse

Steering the rapids

Christine Hancock’s

Information exchange

We must stop feeling so embarrassed and awkward about death, says Els van Ooijen

Els van Ooijen

Living the student life on the poverty line

No nurse for top job? I don’t believe it

Elizabeth Briddick

Ralph’s pay off makes my blood boil

Andrea Martin

Reunion

Read between the lines on complaints

T Wiltshire

I’d just like to set the record straight

Relax, your secrets are safe with us

Lynn Masson

Nurses must see the ‘bigger picture’

Dianne Ewin

Paper exercise

Ian Tessier

A dying breed

Sian Thomas

Foot shooting-Right to nurse

Barry Moses

Case management and managed care

Claire Hale

Developing decision making skills for people with learning disabilities

Angela Spackman, Andrew Goddard, Roger Ingham

Principles of acute pain assessment

Michelle Briggs

Tentative trusts?

Bad timing for new body

Julie McCaughan

Nurses bank on a bright future

Christina Davidson

Choice key to success

Dina Leifer

Bottle feeding and sudden infant death

Perceived versus real risk of heart disease

Does HIV replicate rapidly from the start?

Stimulation improves Parkinson’s symptoms

Ashworth revisited

RCN Continuing Education

News in brief

News

Charity has its funds reinstated by DoH

Nurses not assessing disabled people’s needs early enough

Kate Williams

£7.50 per call costs for helpline

We got it right, says minister

News in brief

Bill promoting single-sex NHS wards supported

Malone challenges drop in nursing student numbers

Government boosts GP fundholding projects

ENB proposals for removal of staff student ratio criticised

Jean Gray

News

News in brief

Life expectancy is rising as dietary habits change

Poor health in minority ethnic groups

News

Trust cancels last tango in Preston

Kate Williams

Canada’s PNO is declared ‘redundant’

Revealing appeal of early retirement

News

Over optimistic view on chances of surviving CPR

Report highlights dangers of A&E inconsistencies

News in brief

Trust management ban bart’s staff from speaking out as A&E department closes

Staff shortages to blame for latest security lapses

Nurses have influence on GPs’ prescribing

Jean Gray

Congress agenda approved

Central checking for nursing course applicants

RCN calls for end to short-term contracting in NHS

News

Trust tries to implement contract deals for nurses

Dina Leifer

News in brief

Snow leads to nurse shortages

Unions reject report’s claim that nurses received more than 1.5 per cent pay rise

‘Common sense’ wins as Tomlinson goes back to work

Dina Liefer

Immunisation: to protect yourself

Jeannett Martin

Editorial

Norah Casey